Junot Diaz

Aug. 23rd, 2012 05:28 pm
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I had the good fortune to hear the writer Junot Diaz speak at Foyle's in London last night. (He's the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, and his new anthology, This is How You Lose Her has just been published.) I tweeted from the talk, and I've put these tweets together on Storify, here. Wish I'd been able to transcribe the whole event. Hilarious, humane, intelligent, inspiring.

Date: 2012-08-24 04:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lostmoon71.livejournal.com
I am jealous. Oscar Wao was pretty amazing.

Date: 2012-08-27 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Yes, it's a great book. And he's pretty amazing in person!

Date: 2012-08-24 11:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wormwood-7.livejournal.com
Thanks for sharing this "tweet sequence". Junot Diaz has been on my reading list for some time.
I especially liked Good to have models of producing art that aren't the superficial super-fluidity that we're sold. For me, the right words at the right time :)

Date: 2012-08-27 01:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Good! And I'd heartily recommend his books.

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